The Big 12 officially announced their 2012 football schedules this morning. Conference play begins on September 15 with TCU at Kansas.

TCU joins the Big 12 this season after competing in the Mountain West Conference since 2005. The Horned Frogs are also former members of the Southwest Conference, which broke up in 1995 and became the Big 12.

Another new member in the Big 12 are the West Virginia Mountaineers. It was announced this morning that West Virginia will be released from the Big East effective June 30, 2012. The Mountaineers have been a member of the Big East since 1991.

Featured 2012 non-conference match-ups for the Big 12 include SMU at Baylor, Iowa State at Iowa, Kansas at Northern Illinois, Miami (FL) at Kansas State, Notre Dame at Oklahoma, Oklahoma State at Arizona, Virginia at TCU, Texas at Ole Miss, Texas Tech at Texas State and Marshall at West Virginia.

Dates are subject to change as adjustments are expected to accommodate television partners’ requests. Television selections for the first three weeks of the season and special dates are due to the Conference by July 1.

Adamsaid....

actual big12 know-it-allsaid....

the big 12 is gunna be jumbled this year in who has THE team. texas has a very young team who did very good last year, oklahoma is always good, oklahoma state is hurting without weeden, tcu is looking rough, iowa state will be decent, kansas state will be good with their defense, kansas should definitely be better tham last year (hopefully), wvu will struggle with defense and losing the o-line will hurt, texas tech will be better, and baylor will be good if they find someone to replace rg3